The District of Columbia’s Child Fatality Review Committee (CFRC) is pleased to present its 20th Annual Report. This Report covers data from the 35 fatality cases reviewed by the Committee in 2015. These cases represent infant, children and youth deaths that occurred in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

The data contained in this Annual Report represents the work of the agency throughout Calendar Year 2015.

The 2012 relocation to the state of the art Consolidated Forensic Laboratory (CFL) has enhanced the Agency’s profile and mission to provide effective and accurate death investigation and certification.

The following reports are on Elder Accidental Falls, Homicides, Suicides, Special Reports on Hypothermia deaths and Homeless Decedents and Public Dispositions.

Surveillance Reports

• Overview of Infant Sleeping Deaths that Occurred in the District of Columbia 1/2016-12/2016
• Opiod-related Fatal Overdoses: January 2014- November 2016
• 2013 Elder Accidental Fall Report
• A 30- Year Review of Homicides in the District of Columbia (1972-2002)
• A...

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